The John Deere Foundation has committed $6.6 million over six years to a collaboration with the University of Iowa and Davenport Community School District to provide additional education, support services and funds to high school seniors.
The company had already announced that 308 Waterloo employees would lose their jobs in late April.
Advocates say diagnostic tools given farmers are more complex than those for dealers
A John Deere spokesperson said 317 production workers will be laid off indefinitely April 29. Employees reportedly learned of the layoffs in meetings with factory leaders Tuesday.
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A longstanding battle between farmers and John Deere is being resolved.
A longstanding battle between farmers and John Deere is being resolved.
Things are good for business in Iowa, Iowa Business Council Executive Director Joe Murphy said. But we better be prepared for some potential hurdles on the horizon.
Every day is prime weather for climbing on equipment gargantuan and garden-sized in the John Deere Pavilion in Moline, Ill.
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Union approves deal offering immediate 10% raises
After five weeks of pickets, union members ratify the offer 61 to 39 percent of the vote.
Deere and Co. made its “last, best and final offer” to the UAW negotiating team Friday night.
Earlier this month, Deere workers at facilities in Illinois, Iowa and Kansas rejected a second tentative agreement that offered 10 percent raises this year and 5 percent raises in each of the following two years, plus bonuses.
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